Public Inquiry
Lampard Inquiry
Status: Ongoing
Chair: Baroness Lampard
Established: Oct 2023
Commissioned by: Department of Health and Social Care
Statutory public inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths of mental health inpatients under NHS Essex services (Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and North East London Foundation Trust) between 2000 and 2023. Originally established as the Essex Mental Health Independent …
Key facts
Duration (ongoing): 2 years, 9 months
Total cost: £8.6m
Reports & milestones
Reports
No reports listed.
Timeline
21 Jan 2021
Non-statutory inq…
The Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry was announced as a non-statutory inquiry into mental health inpatient deaths in …
28 Jun 2023
Statutory convers…
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced that the inquiry would be granted statutory status …
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04 Sep 2023
Baroness Lampard …
The appointment of Baroness Kate Lampard CBE as chair was announced by the Secretary of State for Health …
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27 Oct 2023
Formally statutory
The inquiry was formally converted to a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005.
01 Nov 2023
Terms of Referenc…
Baroness Lampard launched a public consultation on the Terms of Reference, and the inquiry re-launched as The Lampard …
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Parliamentary activity
6 questions
2 statements
15 Sep 2025
Written Question
Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)